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364 Species in Family Tellinidae
Nominal species list for Tellinidae
Scientific Name Author English Name
Abranda lamprelli Raines & Huber, 2012
Acorylus gouldii (Hanley, 1846)
Aeretica tomlini (Smith, 1915)
Afsharius asmenus (Melvill & Standen, 1907)
Agnomyax nana (Powell, 1958)
Angulus agilis (Stimpson, 1857)
Angulus armata (Sowerby, 1868)
Angulus camachoi (Macsotay & Campos, 2001)
Angulus canonica (Salisbury, 1934)
Angulus coloratus (Dall, 1900)
Angulus corbuloides (Hanley, 1908)
Angulus diantha (Boss, 1964)
Angulus euvitreus (Boss, 1964)
Angulus exerythrus (Boss, 1964)
Angulus gibber (Ihering, 1907)
Angulus lanceolatus (Gmelin, 1791)
Angulus merus (Say, 1834)
Angulus paramerus (Boss, 1964)
Angulus probinus (Boss, 1964)
Angulus sybariticus (Dall, 1881)
Angulus tampaensis (Conrad, 1866)
Angulus tenellus Verrill, 1873
Angulus texanus (Dall, 1900)
Angulus versicolor (DeKay, 1843) Many-colored tellin
Angulus vestalioides (Yokoyama, 1920)
Apolymetis ephippium (Spengler, 1798) Saddle grooved macoma
Apolymetis lacunosa Chemnitz,
Apolymetis meyeri (Dunker, 1846)
Apolymetis papyracea (Gmelin, 1791) Paper tellin
Arcopagia crassa (Pennant, 1777) Blunt tellin
Arcopagia fausta (Pulteney, 1799)
Arcopagia isseli (Adams, 1871)
Arcopagia pudica (Hanley, 1844)
Arcopagia vespuciana (d'Orbigny, 1853) Vespucci tellin
Arcopella balaustina (Linnaeus, 1758)
Arcopella casta (Hanley, 1844)
Ardeamya spenceri (Suter, 1907)
Asbjornsenia pygmaea (Lovén, 1846)
Bartschicoma edgari (Iredale, 1915)
Bartschicoma gaimardi (Iredale, 1915) Angled wedge shell
Bathyangulus claudia (Melvill & Standen, 1907)
Cadella delta (Yokoyama, 1922)
Cadella hainanensis Scarlato, 1965
Cadella lubrica (Gould, 1861)
Cadella mauia Dall, Bartsch & Rehdr, 1938
Cadella narutoensis Habe, 1960
Cadella semen (Hanley, 1845)
Cadella smithi (Lynge, 1909)
Clathrotellina carnicolor (Hanley, 1845)
Clathrotellina elegantissima (Smith, 1885)
Clathrotellina pretium (Salisbury, 1934)
Clathrotellina tenuilamellata (Smith, 1885)
Clathrotellina tessellata (Deshayes, 1855)
Coanyax flabellum (Viader, 1951)
Cymatoica orientalis (Dall, 1890) Western tellin
Cymatoica undulata Hanley, 1844
Dallitellina rostrata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Dellius georgianus (Dell, 1964)
Elliptotellina americana (Dall, 1900)
Elliptotellina urinatoria (Suter, 1913)
Eurytellina alternata (Sowerby II, 1867)
Eurytellina angulosa (Gmelin, 1791)
Eurytellina conradi (Tryon, 1870)
Eurytellina guildingii (Hanley, 1844)
Eurytellina lineata (Turton, 1819)
Eurytellina nitens (Adams, 1845)
Eurytellina punicea (Born, 1778)
Eurytellina trinitatis Tomlin, 1929
Fabulina fabula (Gmelin, 1791) Streaked-shelled tellina
Fabulina tsichungyeni Scarlato, 1965
Exotica cygnus (Hanley, 1844)
Gastrana contabulata (Deshayes, 1854)
Gastrana fragilis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Hanleyanus oblongus (Gmelin, 1791)
Hemimetis spectabilis (Hanley, 1844)
Herouvalia caelata (Adams, 1854)
Herouvalia rapanui Raines & Huber, 2012
Indotellina chariessa (Salisbury, 1934)
Jactellina clathrata (Deshayes, 1835)
Jactellina lauta (Gould, 1851)
Jactellina obliquaria (Deshayes, 1855)
Jactellina obliquistriata (Sowerby, 1868)
Jactellina transcalpta (Sowerby, 1915)
Jitlada arsinoensis (Issel, 1869)
Laciolina chloroleuca (Lamark, 1818)
Laciolina laevigata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Laciolina magna (Spengler, 1798)
Leporimetis intastriata (Say, 1826) Atlantic fat-tellin
Leporimetis obesa (Deshayes, 1855) California fat-tellin
Leporimetis papyracea (Gmelin, 1791)
Leporimetis spectabilis (Hanley, 1844)
Loxoglypta assimilis (Hanley, 1844)
Loxoglypta balansae (Bertin, 1878)
Loxoglypta secunda (Bertin, 1878)
Loxoglypta subpallida (Smith, 1891)
Loxoglypta transculpta (Sowerby III, 1915)
Loxoglypta virgulata (Hanley, 1845)
Macalia bruguieri (Hanley, 1844)
Macoma acolasta Dall, 1921 Morsel macoma
Macoma angusta Smith, 1915
Macoma aurora (Hanley, 1844)
Macoma balthica (Linnaeus, 1758) Baltic macoma
Macoma baltica (Linnaeus, 1758)
Macoma biota Arruda & Domaneschi, 2005
Macoma brevifrons (Say, 1834) Short macoma
Macoma brota Dall, 1916 Heavy macoma
Macoma calcarea (Gmelin, 1791) Chalky macoma
Macoma candida (Lamarck, 1818)
Macoma carlottensis Whiteaves, 1880 Charlotte macoma
Macoma cerina Adams, 1845 Waxy macoma
Macoma cleryana (d'Orbigny, 1846)
Macoma constricta (Bruguiere, 1792) Constricted macoma
Macoma crassula (Deshayes, 1855) Thick macoma
Macoma cumana (Costa, 1829)
Macoma dexioptera Baxter, 1977 Rightwing macoma
Macoma elimata Dunnill & Coan, 1968 Beveled macoma
Macoma expansa Carpenter, 1864 Expanded macoma
Macoma extenuata Dall, 1900 Slender macoma
Macoma fallax Bertin, 1878
Macoma galathea (Lamarck, 1818)
Macoma golikovi Scarlato & Kafanov, 1988
Macoma incongrua (Martens, 1865) Incongruous macoma
Macoma inconspicua unspecified
Macoma indentata Carpenter, 1864 Indented macoma
Macoma indifferens Sowerby, 1914
Macoma inornata (Hanley, 1844)
Macoma inquinata (Deshayes, 1855) Pointed macoma
Macoma irus (Hanley, 1845)
Macoma lama Bartsch, 1929 Aleutian macoma
Macoma leptonoidea Dall, 1895
Macoma limula Dall, 1895 Little-file macoma
Macoma lipara Dall, 1916 Sleek macoma
Macoma litoralis (Krauss, 1848)
Macoma loveni (Jensen, 1905) Inflated macoma
Macoma lucerna (Hanley, 1844)
Macoma melo (Sowerby, 1866) Mediterranean macoma
Macoma middendorffi Dall, 1884 Middendorff macoma
Macoma mitchelli Dall, 1895 Matagorda macoma
Macoma moesta (Deshayes, 1855) Flat macoma
Macoma moluccensis (Martens, 1865)
Macoma nasuta (Conrad, 1837) Bent-nose macoma
Macoma nipponica (Tokunaga, 1906)
Macoma nobilis (Hanley, 1844)
Macoma obliqua (Sowerby, 1817) Oval macoma
Macoma petalum (Valenciennes, 1821)
Macoma phenax Dall, 1900 Cheating macoma
Macoma praetexta (Martens, 1865) Marten's Macoma
Macoma pseudomera Dall & Simpson, 1901 Mera macoma
Macoma pulleyi Boyer, 1969 Delta macoma
Macoma secta (Conrad, 1837) White-sand macoma
Macoma sectior Oyama, 1950
Macoma simplex (d'Orbigny, 1853)
Macoma tageliformis Dall, 1900 Tagelus macoma
Macoma tenta (Say, 1834) Elongate macoma
Macoma torelli (Jensen, 1905) Triangular macoma
Macoma uruguayensis (Smith, 1885)
Macoma yoldiformis Carpenter, 1864 Yoldia macoma
Macomangulus tenuis (da Costa, 1778) Thin-shelled tellina
Macomona liliana (Iredale, 1915) Large wedge shell
Megangulus luteus (Wood, 1828) Alaska great-tellin
Merisca aequistriata (Say, 1824)
Merisca alerta (Boss, 1964)
Merisca capsoides (Lamarck, 1818) Capsoid tellin
Merisca cristallina (Spengler, 1798)
Merisca diaphana (Deshayes, 1854)
Merisca juttingae (Van Regteren Altena, 1965)
Merisca margaritina (Lamarck, 1818)
Merisca martinicensis (d'Orbigny, 1853)
Merisca perplexa (Hanley, 1844)
Merisca piratica (Hedley, 1918)
Merisca subtruncata (Hanley, 1844)
Moerella culter (Hanley, 1844)
Moerella donacina (Linnaeus, 1758)
Moerella fragilis Zorina, 1978
Moerella huttoni (Smith, 1885)
Moerella iridescens (Benson, 1842)
Moerella jedoensis (Lischke, 1872) Pink tellin
Moerella laperousea Raines & Huber, 2012
Moerella philippinarum (Hanley, 1844)
Moerella rutila (Dunker, 1860) Red tellin
Nitidotellina dunkeri Bernard, Cai & Morton, 1993
Nitidotellina hachiensis Fukuda, Ishikawa, Ito & Haga, 2022
Nitidotellina iridella (Martens, 1865)
Nitidotellina minuta (Lischke, 1872)
Nitidotellina pallidula (Lischke, 1871)
Nitidotelllina dunkeri Dunker, 1860
Omala hyalina (Gmelin, 1791)
Peronidia albicans (Gmelin, 1791)
Pharaonella astula (Hedley, 1917)
Pharaonella rostrata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Pharaonella tongana (Quoy & Gaimard, 1835)
Phyllodina persica (Dall & Simpson, 1901)
Phyllodina squamifera (Deshayes, 1855)
Pinguitellina casta (Hanley, 1844)
Pinguitellina languida (Smith, 1885)
Pinguitellina pinguis (Hanley, 1844)
Pistris serricostata (Tokunaga, 1906)
Pristipagia adamsii (Bertin, 1878)
Pristipagia radians (Deshayes, 1854)
Psammotreta aurora (Hanley, 1844)
Psammotreta brevifrons (Say, 1834)
Psammotreta cognata (Pilsbry & Vanatta, 1902)
Psammotreta grandis (Hanley, 1844) Grand macoma
Psammotreta intastriata (Say, 1827)
Psammotreta maluccensis (Martens, 1865)
Psammotreta obesa (Deshayes, 1855)
Psammotreta papyracea (Gmelin, 1791)
Psammotreta praerupta (Salisbury, 1934)
Psammotreta syndesmyoides (Melvill & Standen, 1907)
Psammotreta tellinoides (Lamarck, 1818)
Pseudarcopagia disculus (Deshayes, 1855)
Pseudarcopagia minuta Scarlato, 1965
Pseudotellidora pellyana (Adams, 1873)
Pulvinus micans (Hanley, 1844)
Punipagia radiatolineata (Yokoyama, 1924)
Quadrans gargadia (Linnaeus, 1758)
Quadrans spinosa (Hanley, 1844)
Quidnipagus palatam (Iredale, 1929) Palate tellin
Rostrimacoma cancellata (Sowerby, 1873) Cancellate panope
Scissula candeana (d'Orbigny, 1853)
Scissula consobrina (d'Orbigny, 1853)
Scissula iris (Say, 1822)
Scissula sandix (Boss, 1968)
Scissula similis (Sowerby, 1806)
Scissulina dispar (Conrad, 1837)
Scutarcopagia pulcherrima (Sowerby I, 1825) Beautiful tellin
Scutarcopagia scobinata (Linnaeus, 1758) Rasp tellin
Semelangulus crebrimaculata Sowerby, 1867
Semelangulus miyatensis (Yokoyama, 1920)
Semelangulus nebulosus Dall, Bartsch & Rehder, 1938
Semelangulus tokubeii Habe, 1961
Serratina capsoides (Lamarck, 1818) Boxlike tellin
Serratina charlottae (Smith, 1885)
Serratina eugonia (Suter, 1913)
Serratina sulcata (Wood, 1815)
Strigilla carnaria (Linnaeus, 1758) Large strigilla
Strigilla gabbi Olsson & McGinty, 1958 Rayed strigilla
Strigilla mirabilis (Philippi, 1841) White strigilla
Strigilla pisiformis (Linnaeus, 1758) Pea strigilla
Strigilla producta Tryon, 1870
Strigilla pseudocarnaria Boss, 1969
Strigilla surinamensis Boss, 1972 Surinam strigilla
Tellina simulans Adams, 1852
Tellina squamifera Deshayes, 1855 Crenulate tellin
Tellina staurella Lamarck, 1818 Cross tellin
Tellina strigosa Gmelin, 1791 Thin tellin
Tellina sybaritica Dall, 1881 Sybaritic tellin
Tellina tabogensis Salisbury, 1934
Tellina tampaensis Conrad, 1866 Tampa tellin
Tellina tenella Verrill, 1874 Delicate tellin
Tellina texana Dall, 1900 Texas tellin
Tellina timorensis (Lamarck, 1818) Timor tellin
Tellina triradiata Adams, 1871
Tellina valtonis Hanley, 1844
Tellina variegata unspecified
Tellina vernalis Hanley, 1844
Tellina vestalis Hanley, 1844
Tellina virgata Linnaeus, 1758 Virgate tellin
Tellina virgo Hanley, 1844
Tellinella angulata (Linnaeus, 1767)
Tellinella asperrima (Hanley, 1844)
Tellinella crucigera (Lamarck, 1818)
Tellinella exculta (Gould, 1851)
Tellinella incerta (Deshayes, 1854)
Tellinella listeri (Röding, 1798)
Tellinella patagiata (Prashad, 1932)
Tellinella rastella (Hanley, 1844) Rake tellin
Tellinella rastellum (Hanley, 1844)
Tellinella verrucosa Hanley, 1844
Tellinides adenensis (Smith, 1891)
Tellinides chinensis (Hanley, 1845)
Tellinides cockburnensis (Kendrick & Brearley, 1984)
Tellinides natalensis (Philippi, 1846)
Tellinides opalina (Gmelin, 1791)
Tellinides sinuata (Splenger, 1798)
Tellidora cristata (Recluz, 1842) White-crest tellin
Tellina aequistriata Say, 1824 Striate tellin
Tellina agilis Stimpson, 1857 Northern dwarf-tellin
Tellina alerta Boss, 1964
Tellina alternata Say, 1822 Alternate tellin
Tellina americana Dall, 1900 American tellin
Tellina amianta Dall, 1900
Tellina angulosa Gmelin, 1791 Angulate tellin
Tellina bodegensis Hinds, 1845 Bodega tellin
Tellina bougei Sowerby, 1909
Tellina candeana d'Orbigny, 1853 Wedge tellin
Tellina carpenteri Dall, 1900 Carpenter tellin
Tellina cerrosiana Dall, 1900
Tellina coani Keen, 1971
Tellina colorata Dall, 1900 Tinted tellin
Tellina compressa Brocchi, 1814
Tellina compressissima Sowerby, 1869
Tellina consobrina d'Orbigny, 1853 Consobrine tellin
Tellina cristallina Spengler, 1798 Crystal tellin
Tellina cumingii Hanley, 1844
Tellina deltoidalis Lamarck, 1818
Tellina diantha Boss, 1964
Tellina discus Hanley, 1844
Tellina distorta Poli, 1791
Tellina donacina Linnaeus, 1758 Donax like tellin
Tellina elucens Mighels, 1845
Tellina euvitrea Boss, 1964
Tellina exerythra Boss, 1964
Tellina fausta Pulteney, 1799 Faust tellin
Tellina foliacea Linnaeus, 1758 Foliated tellin
Tellina gibber Von Ihering, 1907
Tellina gouldii Hanley, 1846 Cuneate tellin
Tellina guildingii Hanley, 1844
Tellina hyalina Gmelin, 1791 Hyaline tellin
Tellina idae Dall, 1891 Ida tellin
Tellina iheringi Dall, 1900
Tellina inaequistriata Donovan, 1802
Tellina incarnata Linnaeus, 1758
Tellina inflata Gmelin, 1791
Tellina iris Say, 1822 Rainbow tellin
Tellina laceridens Hanley, 1844 Lacerate tellin
Tellina laevigata Linnaeus, 1758 Smooth tellin
Tellina lamellata Carpenter, 1855
Tellina lanceolata Gmelin, 1791
Tellina lineata Turton, 1819 Rose-petal tellin
Tellina linguafelis Linnaeus, 1758 Cat's toungue tellin
Tellina listeri Roding, 1798 Speckled tellin
Tellina madagascariensis Gmelin, 1791 Madagascar tellin
Tellina magna Spengler, 1798 Great tellin
Tellina martinicensis d'Orbigny, 1853 Martinique tellin
Tellina mera Say, 1834 Pure tellin
Tellina meropsis Dall, 1900 Oval tellin
Tellina methoria Melvill, 1897
Tellina modesta (Carpenter, 1864) Plain tellin
Tellina nitens Adams, 1845 Shiny dwarf-tellin
Tellina nuculoides (Reeve, 1854) Salmon tellin
Tellina ochracea Carpenter, 1864
Tellina pacifica Dall, 1900
Tellina paramera Boss, 1964 Perfect tellin
Tellina parvitas (Iredale, 1931)
Tellina persica Dall & Simpson, 1901 Apricot tellin
Tellina petitiana d'Orbigny, 1846
Tellina philippinarum Hanley, 1844
Tellina planata Linnaeus, 1758 Flat tellin
Tellina plicata Valenciennes, 1827
Tellina pristiphora Dall, 1900
Tellina probina Boss, 1964 Slandered tellin
Tellina proclivis Hertlein & Strong, 1949
Tellina prora Hanley, 1844
Tellina psammotella Lamarck, 1818
Tellina pulchella Lamarck, 1818
Tellina punicea Born, 1778
Tellina radiata Linnaeus, 1758 Sunrise tellin
Tellina reclusa Dall, 1900
Tellina recurvata Hertlein & Strong, 1949
Tellina remies Linnaeus, 1758 Remies tellin
Tellina robusta Hanley, 1844
Tellina rosamunda Melvill & Standen, 1907
Tellina rostrata Linnaeus, 1758 Rostrate tellin
Tellina rubescens Hanley, 1844
Tellina sandix Boss, 1968
Tellina senegambiensis Salisbury, 1934 Senegambian tellin
Tellina serrata Brocchi, 1814
Tellina similis Sowerby, 1806 Candystick tellin
Tellinides striatus (Gmelin, 1791)
Tellinimactra edentula (Spengler, 1798)
Tellinota albinella (Lamarck, 1818)
Temnoconcha brasiliana (Dall, 1921)
Tonganaella perna (Spengler, 1798)
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